Fat Possum To Reissue 6 Townes Van Zandt Albums

Fat Possum Records has announced the re-release of six albums by legendary singer/songwriter (and, many would argue, great American poet) Townes Van Zandt, including his first four solo albums, all of which have been out of print for a number of years. The re-releases will be issued on May 1st, 2007, nearly ten and a half year’s after Van Zandt’s death from a pulmonary embolism at age 52 on New Year’s Day 1997.

Titles being re-issued include For The Sake Of The Song (1968), Our Mother The Moutain (1969), Townes Van Zandt (1970), Delta Moma Blues (1971), Flyin’ Shoes (1978), and the 2001 compilation of Van Zandt’s duets, Texas Rain, which includes performances with Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson, among others.

Unrelated to the Fat Possum re-issues, John Kruth’s biography of the musician, To Live’s to Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt is slated for release on May 7th, 2007.

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